Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 73
Early in the morning, Zhu Qiyu was half asleep and half awake, and was dragged to the West Flower Hall in a daze.

As soon as he leaned on the soft couch, Zhu Qiyu waved his hands to everyone and said with a smile: "Don't talk about it, let me guess who has something wrong again."

Wang Wen, the Zuochunfang University scholar who was most active in getting closer to the new monarch, quickly replied: "I have four or five important things to report, and as long as your Majesty can guess one, I will be convinced."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Over there, there are people who collude first, and want to betray Datong and the surrounding cities."

All the ministers raised their heads in astonishment when they heard the words, and looked at the new monarch.After a moment of stupefaction, he realized that he was impolite, and quickly lowered his head again.

If they didn't know that Zhu Qiyu came to power as a prince with no real power, all the ministers would have thought that the new king had a secret information channel.

Originally, Wang Wen just wanted to flatter the new king, but he didn't expect the new king to guess it right. He was stunned, and then he hastily praised sincerely: "Your Majesty is really a natural born saint. You can see the fire like a candle. I am so impressed."

After Wang Wen said this, the other important officials could only follow suit: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Okay, I won't be joking with you anymore. Liu An and Guo Deng in Datong don't let others live in peace at all. Tell me, Shangshu, what happened in Datong again."

Yu Qian replied with a bitter face: "Qi Your Majesty, according to the report of Guo Deng, the commander-in-chief of Datong and the commander-in-chief, Li Rang was commanded by general officials. On the grounds of making peace, the secret relationship was also first, and it was agreed that Li Rang was young. Daughter, to marry the son of King Datong, Yexian's younger brother.

Li Rang accepted it privately and secretly, and first rewarded four horses and two captive women.

In return, Li Rang reported to Yexian the names of all the commanders in each city, and promised to hand over several cities to Yexian without authorization.He also falsely passed on the emperor's decree, ordering Guo Deng to go out of the city and meet Ye first. "

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly and asked, "Is it Li Rang who passed on the imperial edict falsely? Or did the emperor really have this imperial edict?"

This time, the ministers were very straightforward, and they all clapped their hands and replied: "It was Li Rang who passed on the imperial decree of the emperor."

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu shook his head secretly in his heart: This is the consensus reached by the important ministers, no matter it is the real emperor's imperial edict or a fake emperor's imperial edict, they should all be treated as fake anyway.

In the future, it doesn't matter whether the person calling the door is the real Supreme Emperor or the fake Supreme Emperor, just treat them as fake Supreme Emperors.

It's a good thing that the ministers don't want the Supreme Emperor to come back, and Zhu Qiyu didn't bother to refute the ministers, so he continued to ask: "Is Li Rang's crime true?"

Wang Wen replied: "Zhu Jian, the censor of the vice capital, also made a report, and he also promised that after the matter is completed, Li Rang will be the prefect and guard Datong.

Li Rangjiao also pretended to be the emperor's imperial edict first, saying that his majesty was not in the right position, and he must first come to avenge the emperor and help him restore his position. "

After Zhu Qiyu heard it, he didn't care, and turned to Hu Wei and asked, "Uncle Dazong, when we are meeting in Fengtian Palace, the emperor is sitting on the dragon chair, is there any eunuchs or maids around?"

The ministers were dumbfounded again, why did the emperor suddenly pop up such a question again.

Hu Wei had no choice but to reply: "There must be eunuchs, and maids of honor usually hold fans behind the emperor."

"As long as you have it, come here and pass on the breakfast. If any of you haven't eaten breakfast, I can prepare one for you."

The minister quickly replied: "The minister and others have eaten."

"Okay, then I will eat by myself."

Not long after, Chao Yun and Mu Yu brought the food, and while enjoying the beauty's service, Zhu Qiyu ordered: "You keep talking, keep talking, what should Li Rang do?"

Yu Qian replied: "Li Rang should be put to death according to the crime, but the big battle is imminent. If he wants to kill more, he may trigger a mutiny in the frontier army. If he is arrested in the capital, he may take the opportunity to escape, so he will use it first.

Therefore, the Ministry of War discussed together, thinking that Guo Deng could be dealt with closely. "

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What do you mean by close treatment? Secret punishment?"

Yu Qian replied: "Let Guo Deng act according to the camera, and put him under house arrest as much as possible first. If not, he will be executed in secret."

"What about his family?"

"It is also temporarily under house arrest, and it will be dealt with after the war."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "According to what you said, let's talk about the Xuan Mansion next, what has Yang Hong tossed about?"

All the ministers looked at each other in dismay when they heard the words, and they were all surprised: Why did they guess right again? Is this new king really fooled?
Yu Qian had no choice but to bite the bullet and replied: "Yang Hong, the general officer of the Xuanfu, said in the military newspaper that he packed up the military weapons left behind in the Tumubao, and got more than 120 helmets, more than 44 collars, and [-] guns. There are more than [-] sticks and [-] magic arrows.

Yang Hong has allocated more than 26 guns and [-] arrows to Xuanfu, Wanquan, Huai'an, Weizhou and other guard horse infantry officers.The rest will be stored in Wanquandu Siju Treasury. "

Zhu Qiyu, who was eating breakfast happily, suddenly threw the bowl on the table, with a strong killing intent on his face.

This Yang Hong was really getting more and more rampant, he didn't have the emperor in his eyes at all, he dared to take it without warning, and distributed the general weapons to the guards without authorization.

Seeing that the emperor was furious, all the ministers lowered their heads and dared not speak.Zhu Qiyu just stared at the ministers coldly and didn't speak.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely cold.

The two sides confronted each other silently for a long while, and finally Mu Yu was bold enough to hold up the jade bowl, put some side dishes in it, and handed it to Zhu Qiyu with a smile.

Zhu Qiyu glared at Mu Yu, then took the bowl again and continued to eat.The atmosphere in the hall also eased up a little.

Yu Qian had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how should we deal with this matter?"

Zhu Qiyu replied categorically: "Jinyiwei will arrest Yang Hong as the capital, and hand him over to the three divisions for interrogation. Sun Tingjin, the governor of the army, will be promoted to the commander of the right, serving as the commander-in-chief, replacing Yang Hong, and guarding the Xuanfu."

When the ministers heard the words, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one spoke.

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "I think everyone present knows what Yang Hong has done. If he insists on rebelling, let him do it.

If he really dared to rebel, he immediately dispatched [-] elite soldiers from Uncle Jingyuan and Marquis Ningyang, and executed all of Yang Hong's nine tribes and Xuanfu soldiers, leaving no one alive.

I don't believe in evil for a commander-in-chief who can ignore the Son of Heaven many times. A mere [-] Xuanfu soldiers can really turn against the sky. "

Yu Qian boldly replied: "Your Majesty, the battle is imminent. Changing generals at this time may destabilize the morale of the army. Can Yang Hong be punished after the war?"

"It will make the army's morale unstable? That's great. The problem with Xuanfu soldiers is that the army's morale is too stable.

From July [-]th, in the battle of Yanghekou, [-] elites of Datong died in battle.Then in the battle of Yaoerling, [-] elite soldiers of the Beijing army died in battle, and in the battle of Tumubao, all the Beijing army died in battle.

Then until September [-]th, a total of two months and four days have passed. I would like to ask Yu Shangshu, what exactly have the Xuanfu soldiers been doing during these two months?
All I know is that Yang Jun, the son of Yang Hong, went to the Tumu Fort to pick up weapons, and then Yang Hong himself went to the Tumu Fort to pick up weapons.This is what the father and son have done in the past two months. It can be said that they are father and son soldiers in battle, which I admire the most. "

(End of this chapter)